Appeal No. 95-4605
Application 08/076,285
on the cold words of the literature"); In re GPAC Inc.,
57 F.3d 1573, 1579, 35 USPQ2d 1116, 1121 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (the
Board did not err in adopting the approach that the level of
skill in the art was best determined by the references of
record). In addition, those of ordinary skill in the art must be
presumed to know something about the art apart from what the
references expressly disclose. In re Jacoby, 309 F.2d 513, 516,
135 USPQ 317, 319 (CCPA 1962).
HP-DESIGN discloses a CAD system having a two-step operation
of first, the entry of variable dimensions (a symbolic value or
label representing certain dimensions, such as L3, L4, L5, and D6
under the heading "Actualisation" in HP-DESIGN), and second, the
replacement of such variable by an actual numerical value to
create the actual part. HP-DESIGN is apparently representative
of the admitted prior art (specification, pages 2-3) and
appellant admits that "the HP-DESIGN reference has a capability
known in the art as 'variable dimensioning' by which certain
dimensions can be designated as variables" (Brief, page 12).
Therefore, HP-DESIGN discloses generating a generic program of a
graphical model of a 2-D object with at least partially variable
dimensions in a CAD system having design commands.
HP-DESIGN discloses user selection of a macro representing
an object to be duplicated by name or by picking the element from
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